CarrionCrow: It sounds nice where you are.
The game sounds like crap, though. -laughs-
Can't say I've seen something like that before. Maybe they're insecure about their culture, so they want to make sure that anyone playing it sees what they want to show no matter what?
ddickinson: I think it was a big "art" thing and they sell it as one of the first games highlighting the Irish language. Which is fine, but it's silly when you click on a diary page (scattered unrealistically about the place) that is written in English. The game's puzzles remind me of Resident Evil puzzles (not very realistic and scattered all over the place, like collecting two gems to unlock a key, that kind of thing), which are not a bad thing, as the ones in Resident Evil were okay, but it does make this game lose some realism, like the diary pages all over the place from different people, or the strange puzzles.
I actually prefer it more than Mind: Path To Thalamus, if only becasue the story seems more interesting, thanks to the diary pages feeding you bits of information here and there, and becasue the puzzles offer some variation, not just moving a bloody sphere around. I will keep playing until I finish it, but I feel it could have been so much better. I also read that it's part one of a series of games, but so far no sign of a squeal (not that I have looked hard for it), so I wonder if the story will just abruptly end. Either way I won't be getting the second game, unless the story picks up, in which case it would be a bundle only game, as the regular asking price is too much for this game, for me at least.
If they're trying for a more serious, realistic tone, it sounds like they've flubbed a bit.
I wouldn't be surprised if there isn't ever a sequel. Big pitfall of people who want to put out segmented games - they don't always get finished, for whatever reason.
Hell, THQ screwed up on that one, so an independent developer's chances of failure would be even higher.
If it's any consolation, I have the game on my list. Whenever I can get it at a good price, I'll be picking it up also.
And no, you're not the only one that happens to, by any means. It's happened to me more than once, despite my best efforts to have a handle on what I actually own.